Making care safer for all: a manifesto for change (Professional Standards Authority, 12 March 2024)

Summary

Making care safer for all - a manifesto for change 2024 outlines the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) recommendations to government to help tackle some of the big challenges within health and social care. It also outlines what professional regulation is doing to make care safer and calls for government to support regulators to allow them to do more to help.

Key recommendations include for government to:

• Prioritise work to modernise the powers of the healthcare professionals regulators
• Ensure that public inquiries and reviews result in lessons learned and acted upon
• Develop a regulatory strategy to support delivery of the NHS Long-Term Workforce Plan and manage risks to safety and public confidence
• Take steps to enhance professional development and accountability of senior managers in the NHS
• Support robust action within health and care to address discrimination in the workplace.